Paring attachment for knives.



Nb. PATENTED 25, 1908.

E. L. BE VALE.

PARNG ATTACHMENT FOR KNIVES.

APPLIUATION FILED 00111, 1907.

1W VEN TUR) Noi 879,857.

Teelt. whom it may concern:v

'citizen of the United einen serrer-.rs @Perser jrre- EVER-T DE vALE, ortNEw YORK, N. Y.

mame A'r'riiemnr Fon Knives.

j Speeceton of Letters Patent.

restarted ret. 25,1908.

@premessa mm 11, i907. senin ir. 396,901,

L Evnn'r' L. vDe VALE, a

States,` and residing at Be it known that New York, in the county 0i' Newv York and State of New York, have invented certain l -new and useful Improvements in Paring Attaehment" ier Knives,A oi' which' the following l,

is.` a s eeiiieetion, such as will enable thosev skillet in vth'e art to vwhich it appertainsto s el ' iication, l have shown a linil'e eonn'irising a view of a knite w A-tion el,

make and use the seme.. This invention relates -to paring attach-A ments forlinives; and the object thereof is to provide an improved .dev-ice of this class' which may be attached to, or connected `with the blade of en ordinary table or other knife, and by means oi which potatoes, apples, vpears and other vegetables of this class may be uiekly and easily pared'or peeled;v

heinven'tion is fully disclosed in' the iol; lowing specification, oi which the accom; panying drawing iormsa part, vin which the seperate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters 1neach'ot'the views, and in' which Figure i is a perspective view showing my improved' paring attaelnnent for' knives and one method of its-operation; Fig. l is a side ith the attachment connect ed' therewith; and, Fig. 3' e section .on the line 3, 3 ot' `Fig. 4.ln the drawingi orming a pert of this specihandle a' and blade l), and the blade l) is prelierably pointed as shown et b,- and in the 'practice of my invention l provide a blade attachment c, com osed ol` a sheet of metal folded 'centrally to erin side members Iand c, two ol' th'e latter being on the snmeside in the form ol' construction showinan'd the part e2 being on the opposite side.' The 'folding oi the sheetof metal i'orms s' double l'ohled porwhich extends longitudinally oi the device and is bent laterally with reference to the body portion thereol" to i'orm :i longitudinal lip adjacent to which is a longitlnlnal slot or opening a, lformed b v cutting ont theft blank sheet oi 'metal betere-i he lai ter is'lold'- ed, and in this operation one side part is also relernhly ent mit to fforin the side mein ers c3. Y

i and theseparateparts of the folded lip' 0 'blade b is in'- 55- 'enee ol the sllbscribi The side members c2 and' c3 of the device form spring clamping jaws, between which in practice, the blade b of the knife'i's insertedv are pressed together, and when the serted the edge b3 thereof lprojects slightly. beyond the corresponding edge of the'side` member c2 as shown et c6.

ln reetiee all that is necessary is to Ainsert lqade into the device c, or part c2 and c thereof' so that the lip c5 will pro- 'ject laterally from the'blade and toward thel operaton'and'the operation of paringor peel# ing a potato or sinnlervegeteble is shown in Fig, l. l

Thepointed end W ot the blade may be used, in practice, to take out the eyes7et a Yioteto', or to teke out rotten speaks or parts before beginning the operetion of paring or peeling; may be used in connection with the blades of dill'erent kinds or classes oi' knives. A.

' My invention isnot limited to the exact details oi` the construction shown .and de.- scribed, .and various 'changes therein, vmodifications'thereof may' be made, Within the scope of the' appended elaims, without departing fromthe spirit of inv invention or sacrificing .its ativantages.'v i

llavingi'nlly described my invention, what 80 inserted, seid device being/provided at the. side edge th ereoi' opposite thatmto which the blade-is inserted with a laterally curved longitud'inal lip betwe'enfwhieh andthe blade 90 when the latter inserted is a longitudinal slot or owning.

in testimony that l. claim the foregoing as my inyentionl haveI signed my .lay ol`.()ctol er lill-)71.

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but my improved paring' attachment- 7G and to form clamping 85 l side members between which the' blade is name ln presngl witnesses this 10th 95 

